Example sentences of "have [been] given an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 11.00am — Tony has been given an appointment at the local hospital . |
| 2 | The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute . |
| 3 | Mr Marian Calfa is pleading for more time on the grounds that he has been given an even longer list . |
| 4 | The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute . |
| 5 | However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota . |
| 6 | Moreover , in most cases , the right to re-enter can not be exercised until the tenant has been given an opportunity of making good the breach of covenant . |
| 7 | To help you choose , each property has been given an Enterprise quality grading . |
| 8 | The likelihood of a syphilitic mother passing the infection on when she is pregnant diminishes the longer she has had the disease , and when she has been given an adequate course of anti-syphilitic treatment , there is no chance of her infecting her unborn child unless she herself becomes reinfected . |
| 9 | What is required … is , firstly , that there should be a fair review by the employer of the attendance record and the reasons for it ; and , secondly , appropriate warnings , after the employee has been given an opportunity to make representations . |
| 10 | The gesture was made by Bill Tennant , head of VVL , to Jones , who has been given an extra week by officials at Lancaster Gate to decide whether to appeal against his punishment . |
| 11 | The otter and its haunts are now protected by law too and so this lovely animal has been given an opportunity for a new lease of life . |
| 12 | JEREMY Irons ' latest movie Damage has been given an adults-only rating by American censors . |
| 13 | Gazza has been given an insight into Maradona 's mad , mad world in Naples by Lazio team-mate Luigi Corimo , who was his understudy at Napoli . |
| 14 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 15 | Handpainted with leaves and trailing ribbons , this delightful parchment table has been given an antique crackle glaze finish , £245 ; matching balloon-back chair , £115 ; Rubena Grigg , Orchard wallpaper in Buttermilk colourway , £13.50 per roll . |
| 16 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 17 | Nuclear power has been given an encouraging thumbs up in a recent Daily Telegraph survey which looked into what kind of country the British public wanted their children to inherit . |
| 18 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 19 | The University of Reading has been given an award to investigate the relationship between shop property values and rates . |
| 20 | Moving up the country to Bristol , the Lady Byron Park development in Exmouth has been given an all-American flavour with the apartments and homes named after US cities . |
| 21 | Meanwhile in other areas of life , even church life , professionalization and training has been given an increasingly high profile . |
| 22 | Since then Spool Setting has been given an expanded nightshift , resulting in a smoother operation and a reliable twenty four hour despatch service to customers . |
| 23 | Oxford don Hugh Puddephat has been given an official warning by college bigwigs — go easy with the girls [ Loretta read ] . |
| 24 | The Audit Commission , which has been given an extended brief to audit all health service facilities under WFP , pursues one-off enquiries usually with a value-for-money focus . |
| 25 | The campaign to save Oxleas Wood , the ancient woodland in southeast London , from a road-building scheme [ see EDs 70 , 69 , 61 ] has been given an unexpected fillip because the British Road Federation has switched sides and proposed an alternative plan . |
| 26 | As a result of the decision of the Court of Appeal in R & B Customs Brokers Co Ltd v UDT Finance Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 847 the phrase " deals as a consumer " has been given an extended meaning . |
| 27 | A man who strangled his so-called nagging wife has been given an eighteen month suspended sentence at the Old Bailey . |
| 28 | The former heavyweight boxer Eddie Neilsen has been given an absolute discharge after admitting an assault on a prostitute . |
| 29 | The club has been given an allocation of 17,800 by the Football Association , and after season ticket holders and club commitments there will be about 12,000 tickets left for Gold Card holders who have collected the three vouchers at the home games against Ipswich , Plymouth and Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | The £750 Heineken Puppy Trophy winner has an average sectional time of 5.26 and usually flies out of the boxes and has been given an ideal trap six draw . |